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Skills exodus as project bids abroad fall victim to lockdown

Skills exodus as project bids abroad fall victim to lockdown

The prolonged lockdown cost Ireland up to 800 new homes being built every week according to a report examining the impact of the months-long shutdown of the construction industry. With construction sites closed for 19 weeks in total, business performance has been...

Kirby honoured at global innovation awards

Kirby honoured at global innovation awards

Kirby Group Engineering has received the Iberdrola Supplier of the Year Award for Digitalisation. The prize, awarded on April 9 at a ceremony in Madrid, Spain, is one of just four supplier awards given out by the global giant Iberdrola. Síle Maguire, Ireland’s...

Oldstone Conservation goes digital to mark 10th anniversary

Oldstone Conservation goes digital to mark 10th anniversary

Wicklow firm Oldstone Conservation Ltd has marked 10 years in business with digital innovation. The firm, which works as both a main and sub-contractor, has invested in its online presence with the introduction of a new online archive and ‘how-to’ videos. Like many...

Kilsaran expands leadership team with five new hires

Kilsaran expands leadership team with five new hires

Award-winning concrete manufacturing firm Kilsaran has boosted its leadership line up. The Co. Meath-based company has announced five new appointments to its senior team. Co-CEOs David and Derry McKeown congratulated Seán Keohane on his appointment to the board and...

Green economy roles expanded in new five-year apprenticeship plan

Green economy roles expanded in new five-year apprenticeship plan

Apprenticeships are set to double to 10,000 a year under a new five-year Government plan released in April and aimed at boosting ‘earn and learn’ options for school leavers. In what is being seen as another major and necessary boost for the construction industry the...

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